[ltp] tpb freezups?

[Kevin Fenzi]

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On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 20:01:09 +0000
rn214@hermes.cam.ac.uk (Richard Neill) wrote:

>   > On 12/8/06, Mendel Cooper <thegrendel@theriver.com> wrote:
> >> A31 TP, FC6 --
> >> The tpb (Thinkpad Buttons) daemon seems to cause intermittent
> >> freezups. X server stops responding, keyboard unresponsive, ditto
> >> eraserhead mouse, etc., and this necessitates a power off.
> >>
> >> This happens only when online and on certain websites. I think it=20
> >> might be because of Java or cgi scripts that the web pages cause
> >> to be executed.
> >>
> >> This didn't start happening until after I upgraded to FC6.
> >>
> >> Anyone else seen anything like this happening?
>=20
> I saw it happen frequently on my A22p, about a year ago, and in the
> end, I decided to forgo the nice on-screen display, and live without
> it. The freezes are caused because of some APM/ACPI bug (it has to
> poll /dev/nvram) - I think your observation about web pages is most
> likely coincidental.

Humm... I maintain the tpb package in Fedora Extras.=20
I haven't seen any reports of this happening (nothing in bugzilla), and
it works just fine on my thinkpad (t42p). ;(=20

> I don't know whether it's the kernel or userspace bit that's to
> blame, but you might try testing with the kernel and/or tpb from FC5.
> [While testing, you can probably get away with forcing RPM to do the
> install (if you have to) since they won't have any important
> interdependencies]

The version in fc5 is the same as the one in fc6 (there hasn't been a
new release of tpb in a long time). There might be diffrent libraries,
but I doubt they could cause this.=20

I would much more suspect a kernel issue. What fc5 kernel were you
running when it was all working? What fc6 kernel are you running now?
(The latest updated one?)

Is there anything in your /var/log/Xorg.0.log file?=20
/var/log/messages? Can you ping the machine or is it totally locked up?

If you do have a chance, do file a bugzilla report and we can try and
track down the problem...=20

kevin

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